Keir Starmer Ally Tells Andy Burnham To Forget Trying To Become Labour MP Before General Election

Keir Starmer Ally Tells Andy Burnham To Forget Trying To Become Labour MP Before General Election

Supporters of the Greater Manchester mayor want him back in Westminster to take over from the PM.

A close ally of Keir Starmer has told Andy Burnham to forget trying to become a Labour MP again before the next general election.

Supporters of the Greater Manchester mayor want him back in Westminster within months so he can challenge for the Labour leadership.

Burnham was an MP until 2017, but left parliament to pursue his mayoral ambitions.

He is understood to have held talks with Labour MPs who would be willing to stand........

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